Joyful Garden Watertown

Love Dimsum, Love Joyful garden, they do it right from the taste of the cart service, Waiters and all. Highly recommend if you like Asian cuisine. Easy to park at Best buy and Target lot. Weekends will be a line to be seated, they don't take reservations, but definitely worth the wait.

Joyful Garden Chinese restaurant is indeed joyful! We were seated quickly with a pot of tea. Service was friendly, and food came out rather promptly. We started with West Lake beef soup and it was amazing! Light and delicious, I must say it’s my favorite soup. Then, we shared an order of salt and pepper shrimp and calamari, bok choy, and Yang chow fried rice; everything was delicious! But the highlight was the pan-fried flounder; I just couldn’t get enough of it, just quite pricey for $40.95 market price. Plenty of parking and a much better option than going to Boston. I can’t wait to go back!

A traditional dim sum hall where freshly steamed and fried dishes are served directly from carts to your table! The vibe is super lively and interactive, though you’ll need to be firm when declining certain dishes. Everything is of great quality, and it’s best to come with a large group to sample a wide variety of dim sum items.

Classic cart dim sum is a favorite of mine! You definitely need 4-6 people minimum if you want to try a bunch of stuff! I love the turnip cake and Shumai!

Nice family-style restaurant with a dim sum menu for lunch and a la carte style dinner. For lunch, they serve dim sum until about 3pm. It’s true that sometimes you have to chase down the dim sum carts as they don’t loop around every table at equal frequency, nevertheless I still highly recommend this place as it is authentic. It reminds me of the dim sum place my family took me to in the Canton region back in the 90s. The service is very warm and everyone working there is just trying to make sure every customer has a good time. Very typical Cantonese style hospitality. It’s true that some of the cart ladies don’t speak English, but you can always just point at the food you want. I like the dishes here as they’re in general tasty, hearty and freshly made, and not salty.

Overall, I am satisfied with this restaurant. I have visited several times. While the staff who serve the food may struggle to communicate in English and mostly speak Chinese, the food is generally delicious. The prices are quite reasonable, making it a great place to enjoy a meal comfortably. The restaurant is spacious, so it can be a bit noisy, but that isn't a major issue for me. It would be even better if there were a more convenient way to place orders.

Honestly the food is not very nice. The har gaw shrimp dumplings are very bland. The shumai was pretty good. Turnip cake is too soft and the glutinous rice is tasteless. The fried beancurd shrimp roll is the best among them. The staff bring dimsum around in a cart but they are very pushy. We havent even taken our seats and they were already asking us to take something from the cart. But on the other hand, it’s definitely fast service because dimsum is already prepared. Not sure if we will be back

Give it a 3.5 stars. Stopped by for dinner with 5 other people. The best dishes were the fish soup, flounder, noodle, and lobster. I thought the sizzling beef had no flavor. The soy chicken was a bit dried. Service was good. Food came out fast. Reasonable priced.